Pythagoras's Trousers God, Physics, and the Gender War [Paperback]

Here is a fresh, astute social and cultural history of physics, from ancient Greece to our own time. From its inception, Margaret Wertheim shows, physics has been an overwhelmingly male-dominated activity; she argues that gender inequity in physics is a result of the religious origins of the enterprise.Fascinating. . . . A delight to read, and highly informative.Smart, bold, and provocative. . . . Sure to evoke even more interest than it does controversy.Remarkable. . . . A fascinating journey through the intellectual history that has shaped our current post-modern, scientific, and religious culture.[An] immensely accessible tour. . . . How the physics lab became another Vatican with a no-girls-allowed sign on its door.A spirited look at the relationship between physics and religionand the implications for both sexes.